![]() But these dangerous treks expose them to many public health risks along their way. ![]() Many people are fleeing from their devastated countries and cities to survive or seek a better life, attempting to escape the violence in their communities by moving to other countries. This refugee situation is unparalleled since the end of World War II. Millions are being displaced internally and hundreds of thousands are leaving their country to becoming refugees in foreign lands. In Syria alone, the mere survival of more than half the population is threatened because of violence and lack of food. The authoritative record of NPR’s programming is the audio record.Hundreds of thousands of civilians are dead and thousands are still being forced to escape the horrors of civil war, civil unrest, and government abuses. This text may not be in its final form and may be updated or revised in the future. NPR transcripts are created on a rush deadline by an NPR contractor. Visit our website terms of use and permissions pages at for further information. Andrew Limbong, NPR News.Ĭopyright © 2022 NPR. She says that's a pretty good sign of civilization. And if you zoom way, way out when talking about refugees and displacement, countries in the Middle East, Africa and the global South have taken in more than their fair share of refugees. Khoury, the researcher, says race plays a part in all of this but also proximity and geopolitics, too. LIMBONG: The Nigerian statehouse issued a statement today denouncing reports of Nigerians being denied entry to the Polish border. You know, looking and seeing why African migrants aren't allowed to cross into Hungary is just as valid as just asking why Ukrainians are. KESHAVARZ: So as journalists, I think it's really critical that we look at that duality, and we question why that is. LIMBONG: Keshavarz points to Poland accepting Ukrainian refugees when not that long ago, the country was telling scores of Afghans, Syrians and Iraqis, no, the country's full. RANA KHOURY: We certainly do see it play out in terms of the politics of refugee reception in the idea of whose burden should it be to take refugees who are from the global South, the Middle East, Africa, versus, you know, who is welcome and who can be brought in here. LIMBONG: Rana Khoury, a research associate at Princeton University focusing on conflict and displacement, says this language has impacts on global refugee policy. KESHAVARZ: And I think one very dangerous thing that we're seeing is - and it bears asking the question - is, have journalists become so desensitized to the suffering of different peoples of color, specifically people that are in war zones, that we're no longer seeing on the same level playing field? LIMBONG: Mahdis Keshavarz is a board member with the Arab and Middle Eastern Journalists Association, which put out a statement criticizing this framing, which Keshavarz says relies on old tropes. MAHDIS KESHAVARZ: I always kind of think this imagery of, like, this pearl clutch of being just aghast that something can happen in your backyard, where things are happening in other people's backyards all the time. An anchor for Al-Jazeera English called Ukrainian refugees, quote, "middle-class people," in comparison to refugees from the Middle East and North Africa. In The Telegraph, Daniel Hannan wrote an article about Ukraine that led, they seem so like us. LIMBONG: The phrasing rankled enough people that he issued a clarifying apology a day later.ĭ'AGATA: What I'd hoped to convey is that what's unique about the fighting underway here is that this country has not really seen the scale of war in recent years, unlike some. ![]() NPR's Andrew Limbong has more.ĪNDREW LIMBONG, BYLINE: On Friday, CBS News senior foreign correspondent Charlie D'Agata framed the fighting in Kyiv like this.ĬHARLIE D'AGATA: You know, this is a relatively civilized, relatively European - I have to choose those words carefully, too - city where you wouldn't expect that. The way we talk about conflicts can impact those who are already most directly affected by war, refugees. In the wall-to-wall coverage of the crisis in Ukraine, a certain pattern has sometimes emerged that positions Ukrainians as different from other victims of conflict.
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